Hariri chairs meeting for Litani River, meets former Prime Ministers

Prime Minister Saad Hariri chaired Monday afternoon at the Grand Serail a meeting that was attended by Information Minister Jamal Jarrah, Minister of Industry Wael Abou Faour, Minister of Energy and Water Nada Boustani, Minister of Environment Fadi Jreissati, Regional Director of the Mashreq Department at the World Bank Group Saroj Kumar Jha on the head of a delegation from the bank, President of the Council for Development and Reconstruction Nabil Jisr, President and General Director of the Litani River Authority Sami Alawieh and a number of advisers. 

The meeting discussed the issue of cleaning the Litani River. 

After the meeting, Minister Jarrah said: "Discussions focused on following up the issue of lifting pollution from the Litani Basin, with the participation of all concerned ministers, the World Bank Group and the National Authority of the Litani River, in order to develop a quick roadmap to start serious work to get rid of this pollution." 

He added: "We discussed in today's meeting the main issues that must be addressed, along with the issue of funding and the measures that should be taken to prevent the pollution of Ain Zarqa water, and the importance of starting these steps immediately to gain time and get rid of the pollution in the Litani River, whose sources are now known." 

He concluded: "Prime Minister Hariri formed a follow-up committee to this end, stressing that this file is a priority for the government and for him. It has the same priority as that of the electricity file. He asked the World Bank Group and all ministers to refer to him personally if they face any obstacles or problems."

Later, Premier Hariri met with former Prime Ministers Najib Mikati, Fouad Siniora, and Tammam Salam, with whom he discussed the latest political developments and the general situation in the country.